Chinese apparel price on rise: B’desh to benefit less than SE Asia due to poor competitiveness: WB
As Bangladesh lags behind Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia in competitiveness, a rise in Chinese apparel prices would offer more benefits to the Southeast Asian countries, according to a World Bank report released on Monday.
May Day observed
Workers demanded hike in wages and safe working conditions as well as formation of trade union at all mills and factories, as they celebrated International Labour Day, widely known as the ‘May Day,’ on Sunday.
RU professor killing: Univ teachers skip classes
Teachers enforced three-hour work abstention at all public universities while Rajshahi University students and teachers continued their with protests for the 11th day on Monday demanding punishment of killers of its English professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
May Day: Minimum wages fail to secure workers’ interest
The Minimum Wages Board has not revised wages for one-third of all private sectors, in six to 33 years, and as a result workers are grappling with the rising cost of necessities to make ends meet with low pay.
LGBT mag editor murder: Police drop mobile seizure from FIR
Police dropped from the first information report the seizure of a mobile phone from suspects while investigators said that they were tracing killers of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Khandaker Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy based on the phone.
Bangladesh situation ‘very complex’: US
The United States on Saturday described Bangladesh situation as ‘very complex’ and said there was a threat on the ground [in Bangladesh] from Middle-East-based Islamist militant outfit Islamic States.
Sexual harassment: Ahsanullah univ teacher suspended
The Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology on Saturday suspended one of its teachers for sexually harassing a female student, in the face of demonstrations, by the students on its campus.
WB questions govt’s 7.05pc GDP growth estimate
The World Bank on Saturday questioned the government’s estimate of a 7.05 per cent gross domestic product growth in fiscal year 2015-16, as most economic indicators do not back up such an increase in GDP.
Diarrhoea soars as heat wave grips country
With scorching heat searing the country for the past few days, hospitals all around continued to receive higher numbers of diarrhoea patients.
FAST UNTO DEATH: 29 nurses fall sick on second day
At least 29 nurses fell sick and three of them were hospitalised as unemployed nurses continued their fast unto death on Friday in front of National Press Club, seeking jobs on seniority.
